That_Titanium_4RNR Build Thread

[That_Titanium_4RNR]

Completed Mods

5th Gen Brake Swap
Slyfox AIP Bypass
TPMS Bypass
Debadged
"ALL-ON" Highs/Lows/Fogs Lighting mod
Rear Diff Breather
HFC Delete
Guinea Pig Edition NTK Fabworks Body Mount Relocation

Suspension

Front

Bilstein 5100/885 combo
SPC UCAs

Rear

Icon 2" Springs
Icon 2.0 Series Shocks
2nd Gen swaybar endlinks

Tires/Wheels

5th Gen Trail Edition Wheels (Black/Silver)
285/75R17 Yokohama Geolandar MT G003

Engine/Exhaust
Doug Thorley Long Tube Headers "Premium Edition" w/ full 304 stainless steel tubes, and flanges
Doug Thorley Y-Pipe modded into True Duals
Titanium Works Titanium Exhaust Manifold Hardware
Amazon Special 90 Degree "Mini-Cat" O2 spacers
Magnaflow Dual-in Dual-out
3x18" tips out the back

Accessories

Sherpa Princeton Rack (Black w/ Black hardware)
Sherpa Awning Mount
Amazon Special 44" slim White/Amber LED Bar
Dobinsons Awning
Custom Bussman RTMR Electrical setup complete with quick disconnects etc.
Factory looking push button switches in factory spots
XenonPro 45W LED Highs
Auxbeam LED Lows - These suck don't buy them
Auxbeam LED Fogs - These suck don't buy them
CBI Ditch Light Brackets
Baja Designs Squadron Sport Ditch Lights
Baja Designs Squadron Pros modded to fit stock fog light area
Apex Overland Front Recovery Points
Ceramic Tint (50% Windshield, 5% Front Windows, 15% everywhere else)
Pioneer MVH-1400NEX
iDatalink Maestro RR
Panavise Dash Mount
V6 4Runner trailer hitch for added clearance

Repairs/Maintenance Items

Timing Belt
Serp Belt Tensioner
Water Pump
Alternator
Thermostat
Radiator
Fan Clutch
Spark Plugs
CV Axles re-booted
Gear Oil Changed Front center and rear
Power steering flushed
Rebuilt e-brake
O2 sensor
Serp belt
Trans lines
Brake fluid flush (Toyota Machine)
OEM LCAs and all new OEM Hardware
PCV
Trans fluid full swap
OEM Air-Mix Servo Motor
OEM Air Filter

 

[andreylights]

Used parts are cheap in Greenville NC apparently

 

[That_Titanium_4RNR]

Used parts are cheap in Greenville NC apparently

Unfortunately I had to travel few hours for ALL of the parts I got, but IMO it was well worth it. Also nothing is ever rusty down here too which makes the used parts market actually temping lol

 

[That_Titanium_4RNR]

Cool shot from the top of Flag Pole Knob

 

[andreylights]

Unfortunately I had to travel few hours for ALL of the parts I got, but IMO it was well worth it. Also nothing is ever rusty down here too which makes the used parts market actually temping lol

Good find man, looking forward to you putting it all together

 

[That_Titanium_4RNR]

Good find man, looking forward to you putting it all together

Thanks man! Just trying to do things as money allows. I'm still in college and although this is my passion I have a ton of other stuff always going on too.

I wish I could just jump straight into the mods that I want to do, but I need to get a lot of those maintenance items taken care of before I put the fun stuff on. It would look pretty stupid if I had this sweet 4Runner all decked out with a lift, tires, etc. and then it was broken down on the side of the road lol

 

[Styner89]

Nice build plans. I am planning to pick up a 4th gen in the next month or two and start my build. I am wondering how you like the awning so far. Have you by chance had it at the beach or another setting with high winds? I will mainly be taking mine to the beach and trying to figure out what awning to go with for that. Where I am at the wind can be steady at 20mph so just wondering what you think of it so far and if you would go with a different brand like ARB if you bought again.

 

[That_Titanium_4RNR]

Nice build plans. I am planning to pick up a 4th gen in the next month or two and start my build. I am wondering how you like the awning so far. Have you by chance had it at the beach or another setting with high winds? I will mainly be taking mine to the beach and trying to figure out what awning to go with for that. Where I am at the wind can be steady at 20mph so just wondering what you think of it so far and if you would go with a different brand like ARB if you bought again.

So far so good! The only issue with it is getting it set up. If its a windy day there would be no way for me to do it by myself, but with a someone else helping its no big deal. Once its up it seems to be pretty sturdy. I also made sure to angle my 4runner to block most of the wind so it just floats over the top of the awning. I haven't even used the little spikes with lines to anchor it either.

Also I bought it used, I really didn't have any preference on brand it was just a good deal and I hopped on it. I didn't do any research on awnings beforehand, so I am not sure if ARB is better than Dobinsons or anything like that

 

[That_Titanium_4RNR]

Also I just ordered some SPC UCAs today from Battle Born Offroad. They were having a great sale and I wanted to have these UCAs on hand to install during my lift! All thats left is rear shocks, and possibly a sway bar relocation bracket! Haven't made my mind up whether I want to just ditch the sway bar altogether though. I've heard of plenty of people doing this, but I do a decent amount of highway driving so idk...

 

[That_Titanium_4RNR]

SPC UCAs came in today!! Man these things are beefy and I can't wait to get them installed!

 

[That_Titanium_4RNR]

This past Friday I had the dealership do a brake fluid flush. They have a machine that does a great job. When I did my 5th gen swap I bled the brakes only enough to get the job done and kept recycling the fluid that was coming out back into the master cylinder. I knew I would eventually let the dealership do the 100% flush so I didn't care too much.

Yesterday I did a steering flush, steering definitely feels much better, and I have peace of mind again. The old fluid was darker than any used oil I have ever seen.

Next up I am doing the timing belt/water pump/radiator/alternator/serp belt tensioner/fan clutch.

After that I'll be doing a center and rear diff flush. For the front I'm waiting till the lift because I'll be removing CVs during that time and the old stuff will leak out anyways. No reason to put new stuff in the front and then have the new stuff leak out a few weeks later.

 

[That_Titanium_4RNR]

Not mine, but my gf's mom got new housings yesterday courtesy of me. She wanted the absolute cheapest ones available and I found this set on 1A Auto for $105 shipped. Install wasn't too bad other than that one really low bolt. They seem to very good quality, we should be able to tell whether they leak or not today. (imminent thunderstorms)

 

[That_Titanium_4RNR]

Just added some XenonPro led lows and highs today at lunch. 45w variant in white. Seem to be a very high quality light and all the seals on them were absolutely awesome. The fans are massive but also very quiet. I’ll take some pics tonight of the light output.

Edited to say-DO NOT BUY THE LOW BEAMS. They have terrible output in the projector housing. The highs are unbelievably bright though and put out enough light in the reflector housing to make it seem like you have a light bar on your roof.

I will be trying the Auxbeam lows that other have used once I get around to ordering them. The XenonPro Lows will be getting returned though.

 

[That_Titanium_4RNR]

Got the rear and center diff fluid change knocked out. Ended up using the Lucas Oil Synthetic 75w-90 fluid for both. Also picked up a set of crush washers/gaskets to service both axles and the center diff. So far there are no leaks and everything seemed identical to stock. I also noticed that the gear oil that came out seemed to be somewhat new still, this was surprising because nothing else on the vehicle has been maintained by the PO. No sign of water intrusion on the rear axle either. All good stuff.

The washer set can be found here

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DFJ24WD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[That_Titanium_4RNR]

Finally happy with the headlight setup. Auxbeams in the lows and fogs, XenonPros in the highs.

Also finished up the mod allowing fogs to be always on, and for them to be on with high beams as well. When you turn all three sets of lights on at once, it is quite bright to say the least.

 

[That_Titanium_4RNR]

Just did the CV reboot this week. What a $hit$how....ended up reversing the type of grease on my passenger side axle (put inner for outer and outer for inner). I hope it doesn't matter too much because I am just planning on running it like that for awhile. I also managed to break one of the cv band clamps and had to use a worm clamp that doesn't really fit that great.

After some consideration I think I am just going to buy some CVJ axles and be done with it.

Getting to the things was definitely the easy part. Rebooting them is such a pain in the a$$ though.

Also the drain plug on the front diff is definitely as much of a pain as people say it is.

 

[Formidable]

Great build. Keep up the good work!

 

[volkinator]

Just did the CV reboot this week. What a $hit$how....ended up reversing the type of grease on my passenger side axle (put inner for outer and outer for inner). I hope it doesn't matter too much because I am just planning on running it like that for awhile. I also managed to break one of the cv band clamps and had to use a worm clamp that doesn't really fit that great.

After some consideration I think I am just going to buy some CVJ axles and be done with it.

Getting to the things was definitely the easy part. Rebooting them is such a pain in the a$$ though.

Also the drain plug on the front diff is definitely as much of a pain as people say it is.

I'm just going to pretend I didn't read this... (planning on doing this in the near future and have all the parts waiting for me to get the time) I'm considering doing it while leaving the piece connected to the front diff though, haven't looked too closely yet. Any tips? :/

 

[That_Titanium_4RNR]

I'm just going to pretend I didn't read this... (planning on doing this in the near future and have all the parts waiting for me to get the time) I'm considering doing it while leaving the piece connected to the front diff though, haven't looked too closely yet. Any tips? :/

So, for me, I knew I needed to redo the front diff oil. That's why I chose to pull them all the way out. Since we both have V8s we don't have to worry about the needle bearing that the v6 front diff has. If I had a v6 I would have left those inner pieces in.

All that being said, I wouldn't recommend the reboot. If you can return parts I would do that. Its too much work/time for me personally. I would rather just buy the CVJ axles and swap them in rather than have wasted all that time screwing around rebooting them.

My boot kit was like $55 per side....now I feel like I should have just put that money towards the CVJs

 

[That_Titanium_4RNR]

Great build. Keep up the good work!

Thank you :hatsoff: coming up next is the timing belt/wp etc.. and then the lift goes on. Headers and exhaust after that